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Freakonomics Radio

Episoade

686. Why Is It So Hard to Find an NFL Quarterback?

Amazon Was Supposed to Kill the Bookstore. James Daunt Had Other Plans | Better in Person

685. How to Survive the A.I. Shock

How to Run an Institution in an Anti-Institution Era | Better in Person

How to Return Stolen Art (Update)

“I Trust Almost Anyone More Than Myself” | Better in Person

Is a Museum Just a Trophy Case? (Update)

Meet Warren Zanes, the Author and Rocker Behind the Springsteen Movie | Better in Person

The Case of the $4 Million Gold Coffin (Update)

What if Being a Stranger Is Actually Your Superpower? | Better in Person

684. He Helped Clean Up the Last Crash. Does He See Another One Coming?

Does it Take a Twisted Mind to Write Twisted Stories? | Better In Person

683. In the New Space Race, Who Makes the Rules?

How Gary Gulman Turned Depression Into Comedy Gold | Better in Person

682. Should A.I. Move to Space?

Why Cooking is Caregiving, with Chef Hillary Sterling | Better in Person

Are You Really Allergic to Penicillin? (Update)

How a Great Architect Thinks, with Bjarke Ingels | Better in Person

681. How to Host a Talk Show, with Dick Cavett

680. Can Universities Win Back Our Trust?

679. Why Does Vanderbilt Keep Winning?

The World Is (Still) Drowning in Sludge

678. Who Gets to Choose a “Good Death”?

677. Can Backgammon Save Us from Ourselves?

This Is Your Brain on Pollution (Update)

676. Has America Lost the Plot?

The Vanishing Mr. Feynman (Update)

The Brilliant Mr. Feynman (Update)

The Curious Mr. Feynman (Update)

675. Has the New York Times Become a Games Company?

674. How Does a Composer Feel After the World Premiere?

Was Adam Smith Really a Right-Winger? (Update)

673. What Is Money?

672. What Makes Judy Faulkner Run?

Why Does Everyone Hate Rats? (Update)

671. Why Has There Been So Little Progress on Alzheimer’s Disease?

670. Beeconomics 101

Ten Myths About the U.S. Tax System (Update)

669. Why Is 95 Percent of the World’s Bourbon Made in Kentucky?

668. Do Taylor Swift and Bad Bunny Have Blood on Their Hands?

In a Driverless World, Who Loses and Who Wins?

Are Human Drivers Finally Obsolete?

667. Here’s Why You Are Constantly Fighting Off Scammers

666. This Is How Progress Happens

The Most Powerful People You’ve Never Heard Of (Update)

665. Werner Herzog Isn’t Afraid ...

664. Are Thousands of Medical Cures Hiding in Plain Sight?

All You Need Is Nudge (Update)

663. Is Weed a Performance-Enhancing Drug?

662. If You’re Not Cheating, You’re Not Trying